Consider:

private class AnOptionProvider @Inject()(s:String) extends Provider[Option[String]] { def get = Option(s) } 

I can do:

bind(new TypeLiteral[Option[String]]() {}).toProvider(classOf[AnOptionProvider])

But I can't do:

bind(new TypeLiteral[Option[String]]() {}).toProvider[AnOptionProvider]

Which is slightly more elegant.

I get the feeling I'm missing something from the README when it says:

bind[A].toProvider[BProvider] bind[A].toProvider[TypeProvider[B]] 

Assuming this solved it, could that example be fleshed out?